Sponsorships and Underwriting

Your Business in Harmony with the Wilmington Symphony

Consider including the Wilmington Symphony as a part of your marketing plans! Business owners, corporate sponsors and individuals who understand the harmony between the arts and a growing economy are invited to harmonize with the Wilmington Symphony through the "cause-related marketing" opportunities that sponsorships and underwriting provide.

Wilmington Symphony sponsorships and underwriting are an investment in one of southeastern North Carolina's local cultural jewels and a means by which your company's brand is linked in the hearts and minds of Wilmington Symphony patrons and the greater community with helping improve the quality of life in the region.

Our Wilmington Symphony is unique and local, and that same uniqueness is reflected in those companies and businesses that find our demographics to be thoughtful, value-oriented, highly mobile and, most importantly, extremely loyal.

Thank you, Sponsors!

Sponsorship is a clear endorsement of the important role the Wilmington Symphony plays in the quality of life across southeastern North Carolina. Ticket revenue alone covers less than half the expenses of concert production, and so we thank our sponsors for their generous support that helps us keep ticket prices so affordable.

A variety of benefits are associated with each level of sponsorship or underwriting support, and the Wilmington Symphony will work to create a customized array of benefits to meet your organization's needs so that you will genuinely benefit from associating with our patrons. The levels and opportunities below reflect a minimum you can expect from you sponsorship or underwriting investment.

For accounting purposes, sponsorship and underwriting payments can also be spread over two calendar years between July 1st and through June 30th of the following year.

The Wilmington Symphony will also work to create additional sponsorship and underwriting options tailored to your business's needs.

Opportunities:

Wilmington Symphony Season Sponsor ($10,000)Season sponsors enjoy "naming rights" to the Wilmington Symphony Orchestra's entire annual concert season! With a three-year commitment, the Season Sponsorship is offered at 50% discount annually. A customized array of benefits can be developed to meet your company's needs but will also include announcement and recognition of the sponsorship from the stage at all concerts along with these benefits:Print

Recognition as Season Sponsor — name, logo and tagline — on the cover of all concert programs

Full-page company ad in the concert programs

Website

Recognition as "Season Sponsor" — name, logo and tagline along with company link — on the Homepage of the Wilmington Symphony website (currently receiving more than 460,000 hits per year from nearly 15,000 unique visitors)

Recognition as "Season Sponsor" included with all postings on various community and cultural online calendars

E-Mail

Recognition as "Season Sponsor" — name, logo and tagline along with company link — on all Wilmington Symphony e-Newsletters (approximately one per month) to 2,500 addressesMedia

Recognition as "Season Sponsor" with all print and radio advertising

Recognition as "Season Sponsor" in pre-concert press releases

Advertising

Full-page company ad in the concert programs

Tickets

Six pairs of season tickets including Masterworks Series and Symphony Pops! and special concerts

Company representative to deliver a brief curtain speech welcoming the audience on Opening Night

An exclusive sponsorship, if preferred

Hosting a special pre-concert client or employee recognition event (additional cost for food and beverage is sponsor's responsibility)

Membership in the Wilmington Symphony Society

Acknowledgement of Wilmington Symphony Society members on the Wilmington Symphony website

Acknowledgement of Wilmington Symphony Society members in all concert programs

Recognition on placard in the lobby at all Masterworks Series and Symphony Pops! concerts

Advance notification of special events

Acknowledgement of tax-deductible gift

Recognition in Masterworks Series Concert Program Books contributors section

Masterworks Series Sponsor ($5,000)Masterworks Series Sponsors enjoy "naming rights" to the Wilmington Symphony's entire five-concert series of orchestral classics. With a three-year commitment, the Series Sponsorship is offered at 20% discount annually. A customized array of benefits can be developed to meet your company's needs but will also include announcement and recognition of the sponsorship from the stage at each Masterworks Series concert along with these benefits:Print

Recognition as "Masterworks Series Sponsor" — name and logo — on all printed promotional material, brochures, direct mailing and print advertising of Masterworks Series concerts

Recognition as "Masterworks Series Sponsor" — name, logo and tagline — on the cover of all "Masterworks Series Sponsor" Masterworks Series concert programs

full-page company ad in the Masterworks Series concert programs (6,000 printed)Website

Recognition as "Masterworks Series Sponsor" — name, logo and tagline along with company link — on the Masterworks Series pages of the Wilmington Symphony website (currently receiving more than 460,000 hits per year from nearly 15,000 unique visitors)

Recognition as "Masterworks Series Sponsor" included with all Masterworks Series postings on various community and cultural online calendars

E-Mail

Recognition as "Masterworks Series Sponsor" — name, logo and tagline along with company link — on all Wilmington Symphony e-Newsletters (approximately one per month) to 2,500 addresses

Media Advertising

Recognition as "Masterworks Series Sponsor" with all Masterworks Series print and radio advertising

Recognition as "Masterworks Series Sponsor" in Masterworks Series pre-concert press releases

Advertising

Full-page company ad in Masterworks Series concert programs

Tickets

Three pairs of season tickets for all Masterworks Series concerts

Three reserved parking passes for Masterworks Series

Three pairs of tickets to "Meet the Musicians" Dress Rehearsal Event

Three pairs of tickets to Opening Night's "Tent Event"

Products/ Services

Optional display table in the lobby at all Masterworks Series concerts for sponsor's product/service literature, sample giveaways, coupons, etc.

Additional Benefit Options:

Company representative to deliver a brief curtain speech welcoming the audience on Opening Night

An exclusive series sponsorship, if preferred

Hosting a special pre-concert client or employee recognition event (additional cost for food and beverage is sponsor's responsibility)

Membership in the Wilmington Symphony Society

Acknowledgement of Wilmington Symphony Society members on the Wilmington Symphony website

Acknowledgement of Wilmington Symphony Society members in all concert programs

Recognition on placard in the lobby at all Masterworks Series and Symphony Pops! concerts

Advance notification of special events

Acknowledgement of tax-deductible gift

Recognition in Masterworks Series Concert Program Books contributors section

Concert Sponsor ($3,000); Co-Sponsor ($1,500)Concert Sponsors enjoy "naming rights" to a specific Wilmington Symphony concert. A customized array of benefits can be developed to meet your company's needs but will also include announcement and recognition of the sponsorship from the stage at the sponsored concert along with these benefits:Print

Recognition as "Concert Sponsor"—name and logo — on all printed promotional material, brochures, direct mailing and print advertising for the sponsored concert

Full-page recognition as "Concert Sponsor" –name, logo and tagline—in the program of the sponsored concert;

Full-page company ad in all Masterworks Series concert programs (6,000 printed)

Website

Recognition as "Concert Sponsor" –name, logo and tagline along with company link—on the sponsored concert pages of the Wilmington Symphony website (currently receiving more than 460,000 hits per year from nearly 15,000 unique visitors)

Recognition as "Concert Sponsor" included with all postings of the sponsored concert on various community and cultural online calendars

E-Mail

Recognition as "Concert Sponsor" –name, logo and tagline along with company link—on all Wilmington Symphony e-Newsletters (2,500 addresses) including notice of the sponsored concert

Media Advertising

Recognition as "Concert Sponsor" on all print and radio advertising related to the sponsored concert

Recognition as "Concert Sponsor" in pre-concert press releases related to the sponsored concert

Company representative to deliver a brief curtain speech welcoming the audience at the sponsored concert

An exclusive sponsorship, if preferred

Hosting a special pre-concert client or employee recognition event (additional cost for food and beverage is sponsor's responsibility)

Membership in the Wilmington Symphony Society

Acknowledgement of Wilmington Symphony Society members on the Wilmington Symphony website

Acknowledgement of Wilmington Symphony Society members in all concert programs

Recognition on placard in the lobby at all Masterworks Series and Symphony Pops! concerts

Advance notification of special events

Acknowledgement of tax-deductible gift

Recognition in Masterworks Series Concert Program Books contributors section

Orchestra Section ($2,000); and Chair Sponsor ($1,000)Each Orchestra section--Strings, Woodwinds, Brass and Percussion—can be sponsored. Sponsors enjoy "naming rights" to your designated Wilmington Symphony section! Likewise, each chair within the orchestra sections-"Principal Cello," Principal Clarinet," "Timpani," for example can also be sponsored. A customized array of benefits can be developed to meet your company's needs but will also include:Print

Half-page company ad in all Masterworks Series concert programs (6,000 printed) (Section Sponsor)

Website

Recognition of Section Sponsor or Chair Sponsor, for example "First Violin Section sponsored by YOUR COMPANY" or "Principal Oboe Chair Sponsored by YOUR COMPANY"–on the player roster on the Wilmington Symphony website (currently receiving more than 460,000 hits per year from nearly 15,000 unique visitors)

Financial support is derived from ticket sales, sponsorships and underwriting, corporate and private contributions, grants, and special fundraising events. Details and more information are available here. To make an immediate gift to the Wilmington Symphony, follow the donate link below.

The 2014-15 Season BrochureYou may mail or fax the order form by downloading the order form, filling it out and enclosing your payment. Mail or fax to the address listed to your right.

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Mission StatementThe Wilmington Symphony Orchestra is a private non-profit corporation organized to provide symphonic music at the highest possible degree of excellence, to provide performance opportunities for area musicians, and to provide the cultural benefits of a Symphony Orchestra to the community.